STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Sri Lankan Tamil School and community joyously celebrated the annual Pongal festival at PS 54 in Willowbrook on Sunday, Jan. 14, showcasing cultural heritage ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Live music and performances, food sampling, an artisan market and family-friendly activities were the order of the day as hundreds celebrated the Soorya NYC Festival of Sri ...

It has been almost 12 years since the civil war in Sri Lanka came to an end after the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Since 2009, there has been a concerted effort to hold ...

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Debaters’ Council has made history, clinching its maiden international debating crown through the National Development Squad’s victory in Malaysia.The Sri Lankan delegation emerged ...

Let’s call her Kanmani*. After more than 40 years of escaping from her motherland, Sri Lanka, amid the onset of the three-decade-old ethnic civil war, she retains the island Tamil accent. And even 15 ...

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What the past (and future) of the Tamil version of the national anthem tells us about minority rights in Sri Lanka. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former defense secretary and brother of ex-President Mahinda ...

Diaspora groups have slammed the Global Tamil Forum for not including them in a recent dialogue with a Buddhist delegation. Tamil diaspora women display LTTE flags at a protest in Strasbourg, France, ...

Four of the songs were Carnatic, an ancient style of music rooted in Hindu traditions and commonly associated with Southern ...